Akselis Vairogs

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Akselis Vairogs
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Personal information
Born (1985-11-08) 8 November 1985 (age 38)
Riga, Latvia
NationalityLatvian
Listed height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
Playing career2002–2017
Position Shooting guard
Number33
Coaching career2017–present
Career history
As player:
2002–2005 Ventspils Augstskola
2005–2006 BK Valmiera
2006–2009Ventspils
2009 BK Zemgale
2009–2010 Bordeaux
2010–2011Ventspils
2011–2012 Śląsk Wrocław
2012–2015Ventspils
2015–2016 Lietkabelis Panevėžys
2016–2017 Valmiera/ORDO
As coach:
2017–2019 BK Ventspils (assistant)
2019–2022 Kalev/Cramo (assistant)
2022 ERA Nymburk (assistant)
2023 Lietkabelis Panevėžys (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • 3× LBL champion (2009, 2014, 2016)
  • BBL champion (2013)

Akselis Vairogs (born 8 November 1985) is a Latvian professional basketball coach and a former player, who played the shooting guard position.

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Professional career

Vairogs started his career in Ventspils system playing for its farm-club Ventspils Augstskola. In the 2005-06 season, he was loaned to BK Valmiera where he became the top scorer of the Baltic Basketball League averaging 20.9 points in 31 games. [1]

He has spent most of his career playing for Ventspils, but Vairogs also played for Slask Wroclaw in Poland, and Zemgale Jelgava in Latvia and JSA Bordeaux Basket in France.

On 8 August 2014, he re-signed a contract with Ventspils. [2]

On 10 August 2015, he signed with Lithuanian club, BC Lietkabelis.

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References

  1. ↑ "Assist Sport Agency. Agencia, manager representación deportistas, jugadores baloncesto". Assist Sport Agency. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ventspils re-signs team captain Vairogs". Welcome to 7DAYS EuroCup.[ dead link ]


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